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《社会契约论》,又译《民约论》,是卢梭重要的政治学著作。卢梭在书中提出了“主权在民”的思想,奠定了近现代民主政治制度的基石。卢梭认为人生来是自由平等的,一个理想的社会应建立在人与人之间而非人与政府之间的契约关系之上,政府只是人民集合体的代言人,并不拥有主权,一旦政府滥权,人民就有权推翻它。《社会契约论》一问世,即在在欧洲引起巨大震动,成为1789年法国大革命的号角和福音书,《人权宣言》与法国宪法在很大程度上可以说是卢梭思想的产物,美国的《独立宣言》及宪法亦深受其影响。
184 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1762

The English people believes itself to be free; it is gravely mistaken; it is free only during the election of Members of Parliament; as soon as the Members are elected, the people is enslaved; it is nothing.
In the brief moments of its freedom, the English people makes such a use of that freedom that it deserves to lose it.